16 year old girl raped, parents killed by junta solider

A16 year old teenage girl from Shan State South’s Langkhurh township was raped by a local-based junta soldier and both of her parents were murdered as well, local sources reported.


According to local villagers, the soldier was a private from Nam Oon based Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) # 578, one of the units of Mongpan based Military Operations Command (MOC) #17. The incident took place on Saturday 20 November.

“He [solider] tried to rape the girl but her parents begged him not to do so and he shot both of them and took the girl into the jungle. The girl’s dad died instantly, her mother did not. But she died later after, the soldier shot her again when she tried to follow the two,” a local resident told SHAN.

The girl was identified as Nang Hla (not her real name) and her parents were Sai Ariya and Nang Kham from Hwe Hsim village, 3 miles north of the town.

Nang Hla was reported to have been able to escape from him the next morning. She is said to have been under treatment at the Langkhurh public hospital, locals said.

But officials from the hospital declined to give information about her case saying they were not allowed to report to anyone.

According to officers from LIB# 578, the private was a mentally deficient person who was already given a death sentence. He was executed on the next day, they said.

The MOC commander Brig-Gen Tint Shwe was reported to have offered Nang Hla Kyat 200,000 (US$ 200) in compensation asking her not to spread the information, a local source said.

Both her parents were buried two days ago.

Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) and Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) published a report License to Rape: The Burmese military regime’s use of sexual violence in the ongoing war in Shan State, Burma in May 2002. The expose` had brought Burma’s ruling junta into an unwanted international spotlight since.

Source:http://shanland.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3335:16-year-old-girl-raped-parents-killed-by-junta-solider&catid=87:human-rights&Itemid=285